Families

Blue Hill Memorial Hospital recently acquired and installed the ACUSON S2000™ ultrasound system from Siemens Healthcare as part of its ongoing mission of providing outstanding and personalized care to its patients.

"This new system is state-of-the-art and will enhance our diagnostic capabilities," says Richard Seger, M.D., radiology director. "The advanced technologies significantly enhance ultrasound image quality. This enhancement is timely for the patients in our growing obstetrics, gynecology, orthopedics, general surgery and oncology programs. The new ultrasound equipment will also support patients who come to our emergency department."

Kathleen Ober, MD, the hospital’s obstetrician and gynecologist, is excited about what the new system will offer. "This system creates photo-realistic fetal ultrasound images. While this image quality is critical to helping us diagnose clinical issues, even mothers with a routine pr